Journalist, Researcher, Writer
Drought in Montreal:
Herbert Molson and the Battle for Beer
Too few today remember the dark days of Canada, when prohibition's shadow spread over the land, claiming one province after another. This is the story of Herbert Molson and his brave battle against extra dry politicians and psalm singing sober clergymen in post WWI Montreal. Molson returned from the fields of France to once again take up arms against a new form a totalitarianism that would rival the Kaiser: petticoat bureaucrats and their embrace of the new dry regime.
A short film by Josh Bird, Rhiannon Bourassa, Alison Dolan and David Meffe
Fear and Chaos in Nairobi:
As Kenyan siege continues, tear gas and panicked crowds
As the ongoing hostage situation unfolds in Nairobi, another conflict is brewing in the streets between average Kenyans and the country's security forces. The police and the military repeatedly used tear gas to quell crowds of people who had come to witness the ongoing siege of the ritzy shopping center after Islamist militants attacked it, turning the posh expatriate hangout into a bloodbath.
Footage by David Meffe
Ashes to Exhibition
Contemporary artist Mona Hatoum heads to the hills of Istanbul to test the limits of glass at Cam Ocağı Vakfı.
Footage and editing by David Meffe